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AAO EB-1A decision NOV072005_03B2203: Awards

EB-1A awards — AAO decision NOV072005_03B2203: Appeal dismissed; petition denied. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.

Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed; petition denied Operative disposition and procedural text in source PDF.

Source reviewed: This page summarizes the specific AAO source and posture recorded in the completed source-review tracker. It does not turn a nonprecedent decision into a general rule.

Scope classification from review: The source is an AAO decision concerning an EB-1A Form I-140 petition under INA § 203(b)(1)(A).. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.

Decision snapshot

Decision ID	NOV072005_03B2203
Decision date as printed	November 7, 2005
Classification / field stated in source	AAO decision concerning a Form I-140 petition for EB-1A classification under INA § 203(b)(1)(A).
Procedural posture	AAO appeal from denial of an EB-1A petition; the decision also instructed the director to review the prior nonimmigrant approval for possible revocation.
Operative disposition	Appeal dismissed; petition denied
Final-merits status	The AAO considered the record as a whole and found it did not show the required acclaim and top-of-field standing in the claimed current field.

What the AAO decision addressed

Operative disposition and procedural text in source PDF.

Criterion-by-criterion status in this source

These labels reproduce the source-review record. “Not considered,” “not reached,” and “not coded” do not mean the criterion failed. A Director finding recited as background is not an AAO holding unless the decision says so.

Criterion	Source-review status
Awards	Not met — p. 4, p. 5, p. 6, p. 7
Membership	Not met — p. 7, p. 8
Published material about the person	Not met — p. 8, p. 9
Judging the work of others	Not met — p. 8, p. 9
Original contributions of major significance	Not met — p. 9, p. 10
Scholarly authorship	Not met — p. 10
Artistic display or showcases	Not met — p. 10
Leading or critical role	met — p. 11
High salary or remuneration	Not met — p. 11
Commercial success in the performing arts	Not considered — source PDF

Source-cited findings recorded in review

claim: The petitioner’s prior competitive show-jumping activities had ended well before filing; the decision separately discussed the current trainer role and a horse festival he organized.; evidence_pages: 2; 3; 11; 14
claim: The AAO found one leading-role criterion met for the festival-related organizing role, while the other discussed criteria were not established.; evidence_pages: 4; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11
claim: The AAO dismissed the appeal and directed review of the prior O-1 approval for possible revocation.; evidence_pages: 15; 16

How this record may be used in research

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Page-level source trail

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How to use this record

This is a historical, nonprecedent AAO decision about its own administrative record. It is not a prediction, success rate, or current filing instruction. Compare the issue and procedural stage before drawing an analogy. The current framework is in the USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 6, Part F, Chapter 2.

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Primary source

Official USCIS AAO decision PDF for NOV072005_03B2203